Blogs@UWW

7 Things You Should Know About Social Computing

Aaron Axelsen — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:47:15 +0000

If you are new to blogs, or the idea of social computing, EDUCAUSE has created “7 Things You Should Know About…”, a series of articles on different social computing technologies, and what it can mean to you in the classroom. Read the articles at the Online Learning Resources web site.

Blogs, Wikis, Podcasting, and Instant Messaging: Social Computing Tools That Are Here to Stay

PR Newswire: HigherEd BlogCon 2006

Aaron Axelsen — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 19:37:44 +0000

“Nearly 40 faculty and administrators will post podcasts, screencasts and
text presentations in weekly sessions organized as follows:

– Teaching, April 3-7
– Library and Information Resources, April 10-14
– Admissions, Alumni Relations, and Communications and Marketing, April
17-21
– Web Sites and Web Development, April 24-28″

Exploring the Use of New Media in Academe, ‘HigherEd BlogCon 2006′ Will Launch April 3

EdTechPost: “Matrix of some uses of blogs in education”

Aaron Axelsen — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:43:48 +0000

As an educational tool, blogs are still new to a majority of instructors on the UWW campus. EdTechPost has made available through their blog a chart illustrating the possible uses of blogs in an educational institution.

Smart Uses for Blogging

Aaron Axelsen — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:59:03 +0000

The University of British Columbia has two great blogging projects: LEAP and Weblogs@UBC.

Learning Enhancement Academic Partnerships (LEAP) makes it easy for students to overcome the often overwhelming challenge of finding online resources. Study groups, student blogs, journals about campus life, peer tutoring and much more can all be found on the LEAP site.

Weblog for Education

Aaron Axelsen — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 13:45:18 +0000

Want to know more about blogging as an educational tool?

Read this article from Middlebury College http://newsletter.nitle.org/v2_n1_winter2003/features_weblogs.php

Using Blogs in Classes http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/articles/blogonlineclass/index.htm

Is an Academic Blog “Scholarly”?

Aaron Axelsen — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 04:38:19 +0000

Another interesting blog on academic use of blogging: Shamash says….

Pedagogical Innovation via Instructional Technology

Aaron Axelsen — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 04:25:37 +0000

Read Judy Baker’s [Florida Community College at Jacksonville Blog at http://connect.educuase.edu/ on Blogging at Academic Life, Learning Partnership - Teacher as Student, Student as Teacher…and more.

Educational Use of Blogging

Aaron Axelsen — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 22:46:51 +0000

Following are some current examples of educational use of blogging technology.

The Educated Blogger: Using Weblogs to Promote Literacy in the Classroom David Huffacker

Creation of a Learning Landscape: Weblogging & the Social Networking in the Context of e-Portfolios: David Tosh

Unsure what you can use blogging technology in your course? Check out the following site:

BlogTalk: Resources and Examples of the Use of Blogs in Education
Articles, examples, and other uses of blogs in education.

CNN: Welcome to the ‘new’ Web, same as the ‘old’ Web

Aaron Axelsen — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 05:02:24 +0000

“Do you remember the day you first surfed the Web, stretched out your arms over the vastness of cyberspace, teleported from site to site with an almost exhilarating power? Or alternately, sat waiting for ‘fat’ pages to load? Well, hang on to your hats boys and girls, because your experience of the World Wide Web is about to change […]”

“If you are still attached to your daily newspaper or CNN Headline News fix, don’t worry. News feed readers are less about ‘news’ as they are an alternative on-ramp to the Web.”

CNN: Welcome to the ‘new’ Web, same as the ‘old’ Web (http:// www.cnn.com/ 2004/ TECH/ 03/ 15/ new.web/ index.html)

Aaron Axelsen — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 14:20:40 +0000

Image taken from the Wisconsin State Journal